August 25th, 2021
Western Union is waiving transfer fees on consumer money transfers from retail locations in the U.S. to bank accounts in Haiti through August 31, 2021. In total, contributions from Western Union, the Western Union Foundation, Agents and employees through this effort could exceed USD $200,000.
Also, through Western Union Foundation, Western Union is committed to Partners In Health, known as Zanmi Lasante in Haiti and have donated an initial USD $150,000 to Partners In Health to provide assistance to help the affected of the earthquake.
The Western Union Foundation is providing a 1:1 match of qualifying contributions from...
August 25th, 2021The bar of 2,207 dead and 12,000 injured
The latest report dated Saturday August 21, 2021, which covers the period from Thursday August 19 at 4 p.m. to Saturday August 21 at 3 p.m.,
Reports 2,207 deaths, 12,268 injured, 344 missing persons, 52,953 houses destroyed and 77,006 houses damaged following the magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti around 8:29 a.m. on Saturday August 14, 2021.
378 aftershocks in 10 days
Since the major 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit southwestern Haiti, 378 aftershocks have been recorded, the National Seismology Center of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo reported on Monday (August...
August 24th, 2021The death toll rises to 2,207 dead and 12,268 injured
According to the latest partial assessment of the Directorate of Civil Protection (DPC) unveiled Sunday, August 22, 2021, "New bodies were found in the South. The human toll for the three departments now stands at 2,207 dead (previous report of August 18, 2,189), 344 missing people (previous 332) and 12,268 injured (unchanged)
Fewer and fewer people or bodies have been taken out of the rubble in recent days, underlines the DPC.
In addition 24 people including 4 missing children were found alive this Sunday. They were stuck at Pic Macaya in the Massif de la Hotte and were...
The Biden administration is no longer calling for elections in Haiti this year given the recent earthquake that devastated southern Haiti.
A senior official in the Biden administration said "We strongly support the holding of elections in Haiti as soon as they are viable" recalling that "Even before the earthquake, the pandemic and insecurity were worrying The policy remains that we want to ensure that Haitians can freely and fairly exercise their right to vote At present, the emphasis is on an immediate response to the consequences of the earthquake ”
Recall that a few days before the earthquake, the Provisional...
August 23rd, 2021
The death toll has climbed to nearly 2,100 and the number of injured has already passed 12,000.
Following the devastating magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Haiti on August 14th CCRIF SPC (formerly the Catastrophe Caribbean Risk Insurance Facility) is preparing to make a payment to Haiti of approximately US$ 40 million, representing the maximum coverage limit for benefits under the policy Haiti's parametric insurance for earthquakes for the current insurance year. To support the Haitian people as quickly as possible, the CCRIF will pay a first tranche of US $15 million to the Government in the coming days and the remaining amount...
August 23rd, 2021Since August 14, in 7 days, the Haitian company Sunrise Airways has added 16 additional flights to scheduled flights, either chartered by organizations or courtesy of the company.
August 19th, 2021In the last forty-eight hours the rescuers have been able to extract 34 living people from the rubble, the provisional toll of loss of human life rose to 1,941 dead on Tuesday. More than 9,900 injured and 60,759 houses destroyed have been recorded, according to the Directorate of Civil Protection (DPC).
20 schools are totally destroyed and 74 others are partially destroyed in the South department indicates the representative of the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) in Haiti, Bruno Maes.
About 1.2 million people, including 540,000 children affected estimates the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef).
“684,400 people need...
August 19th, 2021On the Natcom website, the prices of mobile plans remain the same. However, some customers who have recently tried to renew their mobile internet plan find that they need more money to do so. In return, they will receive more mobile data. Customers complain about it on social media. Contacted by the newspaper, the public relations manager of Natcom, Josué Pierre-Paul, denied the information relating to an increase in the prices of mobile plans. “Natcom only gives advantages by increasing the volume of mobile data,” he said.
Natcom’s public relations manager revealed that the company has not increased the prices of its services...
